Canal Plus is expected to cut 500 jobs in France, or about 18% of its workforce, according to local reports. The reductions would be through voluntary departures, French website Les Jours reported, and come at a time when the pay-TV giant has faced pressure from a declining subscriber base at home and deep-pocketed competitors for sports rights. It now has fewer domestic subscribers than Netflix.
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The group has cut costs over the past few years, resulting in increased profitability in 2018. It shuttered its SVOD service CanalPlay last year and in March this year launched a series-only streaming service in France as it looks to claw back some of the online market being devoured by Netflix and others.
Sports rights have also been a serious issue as the company notably lost out on the French Premiere League to Spain’s Mediapro.
It is understood that a meeting is set for next week to discuss the voluntary departures. Deadline has reached out to Canal for comment.